Love Won in Nashville last night, and Maren Morris brought drag queens!

[Tanuki]

Fundraising concert to support LGBTQ community in the face of bigotry and political harassment was a success!

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[Tanuki]

1. More on the concert and why it happened:

https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/03/21/love-rising-moments-from-nashvilles-all-star-lgbtq-benefit-concert/70020390007/


"A country star, a soon-to-be Rock and Roll Hall of Famer and more than a dozen drag performers all shared the stage at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena Monday night for "Love Rising," an all-star benefit concert for LGBTQ causes.

Co-organizers — which included singer-songwriters Allison Russell and Jason Isbell — put the show together in a matter of weeks, and did so in response to a pair of bills which were signed into law by Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee on March 2. The new laws ban gender-affirming health care and "adult-oriented" entertainment, including "male and female impersonators," from public property.

With that in mind, "Love Rising" played as part concert, part rally, and part arena-sized support group. Performers included Russell and Isbell, Maren Morris, Sheryl Crow, Hayley Williams, Hozier, Brittany Howard and more than a dozen others. Below, a few of the memorable statements made — in speech and song — from the "Love Rising" stage.

Maren Morris: Before she arrived at the arena, the country/pop artist — and the lone mainstream country act on the "Love Rising" bill — said she felt her song "Better Than We Found It" was a "little on the nose to do tonight."

But then she brought her three-year-old son to soundcheck, and took him backstage to meet the drag queens getting ready for the show.

He's growing up here as a Nashvillian, and I just want to leave this world for him a little bit better than the one we're in right now. And I feel like nights like tonight help do that."

"And yes, I introduced my son to some drag queens today," she added, as the room cheered. "So Tennessee, (expletive) arrest me."....(more)